Running a Crowdfunding Campaign: An Interview with Liz Manashil
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It’s scary, it’s dramatic, and it puts a lot of pressure on a campaign, but it also incentivizes people in a different way because they know you’ll lose everything.
The Trials of Post-Production: An Indie Filmmaker’s Dilemma, Part 1
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"... we went this far, let's not leave anything unturned."
Interview: Problem-Solving Producer Linda Burns
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"Over time, I realized, you have to read between the lines."
Interview: Screenwriter and Filmmaker Javier Solórzano Casarin
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From documentaries to commercials to feature films, Javier Solórzano Casarin takes us on a step-by-step retelling of how his love for filmmaking grew into a lifetime passion.
The Web Series is Dead, Long Live the Indie Series
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Someone, eventually, is going to take a risk on a show they don’t have to invest heavily into. Maybe one that’s already made?
Q&A: Filmmaker Allison Norlian
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I remember the intense emotionality of that day—there wasn't a dry eye in the room.
Damian Lahey Shares Insights on the Indie Filmmaking Landscape
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If you’re a filmmaker, you’re either creating content or over in the corner crying.
How To Make a Short Film Without Going (Totally) Crazy
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Just because a film is short doesn’t mean that it’s easy or cheap to produce. Like any film, it’s a complex, potentially stressful, and complicated undertaking.
Creating Micro-Content for the Win
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Friends and people who believe in you are worth 10x more than funding—and they'll make the journey a lot more fun.
In Their Own Words - Women Finding Their Place as Directors
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In a world where female directors are scarce, this sisterhood and creative collective provides more momentum for all of them to make it to the mountain top. And to do it together.
Standing in a Room Naked: Being a Screenwriter Without Representation
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My answer is a frustrating one, but it is an answer. You must give yourself agency over your work and your career. You must reach out to what’s in your means and take action: make things.
The Making of a Micro-Budget Road Movie - Part 3
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I didn't want to say it. As I scrambled through my phone looking for photos of Canoe #1 on the roof of the Kia—Did we really not take a photo?
The Chronicle of Cactus Jack: Examining an Indie Film From Inception to Distribution
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As “working screenwriters” who’d already at that point grown terminally ill of the bureaucracy surrounding film productions and the industry in general, we vowed to make this maverick film completely outside of the traditional channels and system.
The iPhone Movie Myth
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If the film industry was a meritocracy based solely on effort, or finding a way to make something great with limited budgets, Hollywood would look very, very different. But it doesn’t.
Peter Malone Elliott and Alexander Sharp of "Wired Shut"
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Wired Shut writer/producer, Peter Malone Elliott, and director, Alexander Sharp, discuss the behind-the-scenes details of taking their feature film, from idea to completion.